We’re thrilled to announce that Sheffield noise trio POHL and Bristol riff powerhouse Ogives Big Band are joining forces for an EU tour and split album on Ripcord Records.

As two of the UK underground’s most progressively heavy bands, POHL and Ogives Big Band share an appetite for colossal riffs, warped psychedelia, experimentation and outright sonic punishment. Split – due for official release this October – brings these two distinct but complementary approaches together with both bands pushing their respective sounds into exciting new territories.

POHL on Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram

POHL are a genre-bending psychedelic noise rock trio from Sheffield featuring guitarist and vocalist Will Pearce (ex-Hey Colossus), drummer Linda Westman (ex-Old Hope) and Lyra Johnson (Lo Egin) on bass. Following the release of their debut album Mysteries on Wrong Speed Records in July 2024, the band have spent the last two years building a reputation as one of the UK’s most compelling and unpredictable live bands, touring with the likes of Dearthworms, Human Leather, and Sleemo, as well as playing dozens of shows across the country.

Their contribution to Split is ‘Flayed Lord Prayer’, a sprawling 17-minute opus that brings together odd time signatures, soaring vocals, tortured screams and nightmares. Wrapped in brutal riffs, while somehow remaining strangely catchy, it was recorded and produced by Pearce as an expansive, abrasive and deeply immersive track, shifting between crushing heaviness and psychedelic disorientation. It represents a natural progression from the approach established on Mysteries but stretches that sound into something even stranger and more imposing.

Ogives Big Band on Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram

On the flip-side, Ogives Big Band are a Bristol-based riff powerhouse whose monstrously heavy, psychedelic and cerebral sound refuses to sit comfortably within any single genre. Following their first two EPs and 2024 debut LP Boisterous Love, the band have carved out a sound encompassing savage, angular doom, sludge, progressive metal, psychedelic stoner rock and whatever else happens to get caught in the blast radius.

With Split, Ogives Big Band contribute four new tracks that take the band’s established vocabulary for complex rhythms and hook-laden refrains, sharpening it into something heavier, and more streamlined. Recorded by James King at Joe’s Garage, mixed by Corey Carruthers-Bell at Tree Angle Studios and mastered by Stephen Kerrison. The crushing riffs remain firmly at the centre, and the band’s knack for huge, memorable moments endure, as the new material is refined and honed into a more direct and pummelling proposition.

Together, POHL and Ogives Big Band represent two sides of the same instinct: to make heavy music that is adventurous, unpredictable and unconcerned with genre boundaries. Both bands take to the road across Europe this October (dates TBC) in support of Split, which is released 2nd October 2026 via Ripcord Records | Pre-order

Press on Pohl:

“In Mysteries the band’s creative vision has never been clearer […] Another brilliant record, from a brilliant band.” THE QUIETUS

“An all-consuming wall of sound, meant to be listened to at maximum volume.” DECIBEL MAGAZINE

Press on Ogives Big Band:

“These Bristolians are a must listen for fans of Melvins’ noisiest moments, Mastodon’s freakiest freak-outs or Breach’s eye-bulging intensity.” METAL HAMMER

“That pummelling and thoroughly obnoxious sound that’s registering on the Richter scale and causing the neighbours to pack their bags and flee to the hills in panic isn’t an earthquake, but the heavy monster sounds of Ogives Big Band.” CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE

Ripcord Records on Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube